Shloka 57

Devanagari script

तस्य चान्येडपि दिड्नागा बभूवुरनुयायिन: । अज्जनो वामनश्वैव महापद्मश्न सुप्रभ:

Transliteration

tasya cānyeḍ api diḍnāgā babhūvur anuyāyinaḥ | ajjano vāmanāś caiva mahāpadmaś ca suprabhaḥ ||

Translation

សញ្ជ័យបាននិយាយ៖ «ហើយដំរីធំៗផ្សេងទៀតក៏បានក្លាយជាអ្នកតាមដានរបស់គាត់ដែរ—អជ្ជន, វាមន, មហាបទ្ម និងសុប្រភា»។

Word by Word

तस्यof him/its

चand

अन्येothers

अपिalso/even

दिग्नागाःdirection-elephants (elephants of the quarters)

बभूवुःbecame/were

अनुयायिनःfollowers/attendants

अञ्जनःAnjana (proper name)

वामनःVāmana (proper name)

चand

एवindeed/also

महापद्मःMahāpadma (proper name; lit. 'great lotus')

चand

सुप्रभःSuprabha (proper name; lit. 'very radiant')

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Ajjana

Vāmana

Mahāpadma

Suprabha

war-elephants

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores how power and leadership in war are reinforced by loyal support: formidable forces (here, named war-elephants) gather as followers, illustrating the importance of organized strength and dependable attendants in a righteous or strategic undertaking.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya continues his battlefield report by listing additional prominent elephants who align themselves as followers of a principal figure in the army, emphasizing the scale and readiness of the war formation.